Super Y!

For the past 2/3rds of her life, Willow has been a fan of the PBS Kids show, Super Y. Super Y solves problems with his powers of spelling, and is never short of adventures that require the slow sounding-out of letters in order to get out of a pinch. When little Willow was just toddling, she would dance to the intro theme, which I think I will always remember.

So when we heard that Super Y was going to make a live appearance at the East Lansing Art Festival, we knew we had to be there.

When Willow finally met Super Y, after a week of buildup at home, she was a split second away from giving him five then lost her mettle and burst into tears. Really, a 7 ft. tall cartoon in the flesh approaching anyone for a hand slap is a pretty absurd situation and not one that I can expect Willow to handle entirely without the instincts of self preservation.
Anyways, she totally lost it. Juneau, meanwhile, surveyed Super Y with a suspicious and cautious eye.

Little Willow took a bit to regain her composure. This was helped by increasing the distance between she and Super Y.


Meanwhile, Juneau never took his eye off of that stuffed bastard, and kept a careful and skeptical watch.


Bear, who is capable of cultivating a formidable lip garden, took it all in stride.